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Han Unbound - The Political Economy of South Korea (Hardcover)
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Han Unbound - The Political Economy of South Korea (Hardcover)
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This book reveals how South Korea was transformed from one of the
poorest and most agrarian countries in the world in the 1950's to
one of the richest and most industrialized states by the late
1980's. The author argues that South Korea's economic, cultural,
and political development was the product of a unique set of
historical circumstances that cannot be replicated elsewhere, and
that only by ignoring the costs and negative consequences of
development can South Korea's transformation be described as an
unqualified success.
The historical circumstances include a thoroughgoing land reform
that forced children of former landlords to move to the cities to
make their fortunes, a very low-paid labor force, and the threat
from North Korea and the consequent American presence. The costs of
development included the exploitation of labor (as late as 1986,
South Korean factory workers had the longest hours in the world and
earned less than their counterparts in Mexico and Brazil),
undemocratic politics, and despoliation of the environment. The
title of the book suggests the ambivalence of South Korean
development: "Han" refers both to South Korea ("Han'guk") and to
the cultural expression of resentment or dissatisfaction ("han").
Because the author sees South Korean development as contingent on a
variety of particular circumstances, he ranges widely to include
not only the information typically gathered by sociologists and
political economists, but also insights gained from examining
popular tastes and values, poetry, fiction, and ethnography,
showing how all of these aspects of South Korean life help
elucidate his main themes. The result is the most comprehensive and
informative account available of the extraordinary changes that
brought South Korea to the forefront among major industrialized
nations at the end of the twentieth century.
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